TY - JOUR
T1 - A DNA barcode reference of Asian ferns with expert-identified voucher specimens and DNA samples
AU - Kuo, Li Yaung
AU - Tang, Sheng Kai
AU - Huang, Yu Hsuan
AU - Xie, Pei‐Jun
AU - Chen, Cheng Wei
AU - Chang, Zhi Xiang
AU - Hsu, Tian Chuan
AU - Chang, Yi Han
AU - Chao, Yi Shan
AU - Chen, Chien Wen
AU - Fawcett, Susan
AU - Nitta, Joel H.
AU - Sundue, Michael
AU - Kao, Tzu Tong
AU - Luu, Hong Truong
AU - Mustapeng, Andi Maryani A.
AU - Coritico, Fulgent P.
AU - Amoroso, Victor B.
AU - Thai, Yong Kien
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© The Author(s) 2024.
PY - 2024/12
Y1 - 2024/12
N2 - Ferns belong to species-rich group of land plants, encompassing more than 11,000 extant species, and are crucial for reflecting terrestrial ecosystem changes. However, our understanding of their biodiversity hotspots, particularly in Southeast Asia, remains limited due to scarce genetic data. Despite harboring around one-third of the world’s fern species, less than 6% of Southeast Asian ferns have been DNA-sequenced. In this study, we addressed this gap by sequencing 1,496 voucher-referenced and expert-identified fern samples from (sub)tropical Asia, spanning Malaysia, the Philippines, Taiwan, and Vietnam, to retrieve their rbcL and trnL-F sequences. This DNA barcode collection of Asian ferns encompasses 956 species across 152 genera and 34 families, filling major gaps in fern biodiversity understanding and advancing research in systematics, phylogenetics, ecology and conservation. This dataset significantly expands the Fern Tree of Life to over 6,000 species, serving as a pivotal and global reference for worldwide barcoding identification of ferns.
AB - Ferns belong to species-rich group of land plants, encompassing more than 11,000 extant species, and are crucial for reflecting terrestrial ecosystem changes. However, our understanding of their biodiversity hotspots, particularly in Southeast Asia, remains limited due to scarce genetic data. Despite harboring around one-third of the world’s fern species, less than 6% of Southeast Asian ferns have been DNA-sequenced. In this study, we addressed this gap by sequencing 1,496 voucher-referenced and expert-identified fern samples from (sub)tropical Asia, spanning Malaysia, the Philippines, Taiwan, and Vietnam, to retrieve their rbcL and trnL-F sequences. This DNA barcode collection of Asian ferns encompasses 956 species across 152 genera and 34 families, filling major gaps in fern biodiversity understanding and advancing research in systematics, phylogenetics, ecology and conservation. This dataset significantly expands the Fern Tree of Life to over 6,000 species, serving as a pivotal and global reference for worldwide barcoding identification of ferns.
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U2 - 10.1038/s41597-024-04161-8
DO - 10.1038/s41597-024-04161-8
M3 - Article
C2 - 39622837
AN - SCOPUS:85211154598
SN - 2052-4463
VL - 11
JO - Scientific data
JF - Scientific data
IS - 1
M1 - 1314
ER -
